Researchers who track the elusive and reviled reptiles were thrilled to witness one of the greedy beasts regurgitating an ...

The blood python, a non-venomous constrictor from Southeast Asia, is known for its striking colors and muscular build. Once ...

Federal and state programs contract with members of the public to become paid python hunters and combat the invasive snakes ...

Burmese pythons pose a huge threat to native species in the Florida Everglades. Officials have used creative methods to ...

Learn about the Burmese python problem in South Florida, and about an innovative initiative that relies on robotic rabbits ...

BRADENTON — Florida Sen. Bill Nelson’s efforts to make it illegal to import and trade nine dangerous snakes, including Burmese pythons, isn’t sitting well with those in the reptile industry. Nelson ...

Capturing a 13-foot-1-inch Burmese python during the first weekend of the 2016 Python Challenge wasn’t particularly scary for 69-year-old Jack Merwin, even though it was the biggest snake he had ever ...

Longest python caught in the 2025 Florida Python Challenge was recorded in the Novice category. Plus a look at some of the ...

A hunter shooting a gun to kill a python? Forbidden. What about freezing the snake to kill it? Prohibited. A python run over by a car? Not allowed. These types of killings have happened before, though ...

Recent sightings of invasive Burmese pythons at Florida homes were caught on video. Are these massive snakes invading urban areas?

“Python” Ron returned to Milpitas Public Library last month to educate youngsters about snakes, lizards, tortoises and other reptiles. On June 29, as part of the library’s free Summer Reading ...

A python bit a Cincinnati-area reptile store owner and coiled itself around him Monday before officers removed it, police said. The 20-foot, 125-pound snake bit Captive Born Reptiles owner Terry ...